List of compositions by Gabriel Fauré explained
The following is a complete list of the compositions by the French composer Gabriel Fauré. Works are listed both by genre and by opus number.
By genre
Piano
See main article: Piano music of Gabriel Fauré.
Solo Piano
- Fugue à trois parties in F major (c1862)
- Sonata in F major (1863)
- Trois romances sans paroles, Op. 17 (?1863)
- Mazurka in B (c1865)
- Gavotte in C minor (1869)
- Huit pièces brèves, Op. 84 (1869-1902)
- Mazurka in B major, Op. 32 (c1875)
- Nocturne no.1 in E minor, Op. 33/1 (c1875)
- Ballade in F major, Op. 19 (1877-9)
- Impromptu no.1 in E major, Op. 25 (1881)
- Barcarolle no.1 in A minor, Op. 26 (?1881)
- Nocturne no.2 in B major, Op. 33/2 (c1881)
- Valse-caprice no.1 in A major, Op. 30 (1882)
- Impromptu no.2 in F minor, Op. 31 (1883)
- Nocturne no.3 in A major, Op. 33/3 (1883)
- Impromptu no.3 in A major, Op. 34 (1883)
- Valse-caprice no.2 in D major, Op. 38 (1884)
- Nocturne no.4 in E major, Op. 36 (1884)
- Nocturne no.5 in B major, Op. 37 (1884)
- Barcarolle no.2 in G major, Op. 41 (1885)
- Barcarolle no.3 in G major, Op. 42 (1885)
- Barcarolle no.4 in A major, Op. 44 (1886)
- Valse-caprice no.3 in G major, Op. 59 (1887-93)
- Valse-caprice no.4 in A major, Op. 62 (1893-4)
- Nocturne no.6 in D major, Op. 63 (1894)
- Barcarolle no.5 in F minor, Op. 66 (1894)
- Theme and variations in C minor, Op. 73 (1895)
- Barcarolle no.6 in E major, Op. 70 (?1895)
- Prelude in C major (1897)
- Nocturne no.7 in C minor, Op. 74 (1898)
- Nocturne no.8 in D major, Op. 84/8 (1902)
- Barcarolle no.7 in D minor, Op. 90 (1905)
- Impromptu no.4 in D major, Op. 91 (1905-6)
- Barcarolle no.8 in D major, Op. 96 (1906)
- Nocturne no.9 in B minor, Op. 97 (?1908)
- Nocturne no.10 in E minor, Op. 99 (1908)
- Barcarolle no.9 in A minor, Op. 101 (1908-9)
- Impromptu no.5 in F minor, Op. 102 (1908-9)
- Nine Preludes, Op. 103 (1909-10)
- Nocturne no.11 in F minor, Op. 104/1 (1913)
- Barcarolle no.10 in A minor, Op. 104/2 (1913)
- Barcarolle no.11 in G minor, Op. 105 (1913)
- Barcarolle no.12 in E minor, Op. 106bis (1915)
- Nocturne no.12 in E minor, Op. 107 (1915)
- Barcarolle no.13 in C major, Op. 116 (1921)
- Nocturne no.13 in B minor, Op. 119 (1921)
Piano four hands
- Souvenirs de Bayreuth (1888)
- Allegro symphonique, Op. 68 (1895)
- Dolly, Op. 56 (1894-6)
- Les Joueuses De Flûte, de Pénélope, Premier air de danse; Deuxième air
Chamber music
Violin and piano
- Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13 (1875-6)
- Berceuse, Op. 16 (1879)
- Romance in B major, Op. 28 (1883)
- Andante, Op. 75 (1898)
- Morceau de lecture (1903)
- Les Joueuses De Flûte, de Pénélope, Premier air de danse; Deuxième air de danse. Transcription for violin and piano. (1913)
- Violin Sonata No. 2 in E minor, Op. 108 (1916-7)
Cello and piano
Flute and piano
- Fantaisie, Op. 79 (1898)
- Morceau de concours (1898)
- Les Joueuses De Flûte, de Pénélope, Premier air de danse. Transcription for flute and piano. (1913)
String ensemble and piano
Strings
- Morceau de lecture for two cellos (1897)
- String Quartet in E minor, Op. 121 (1924)
Solo harp
- Impromptu, Op. 86 (1904)
- Morceau de lecture (1904)
- Une châtelaine en sa tour, Op. 110 (1918)
Voice and piano
| Opus Number | Title | Text | Year Composed | Year Published |
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| 1/1 | Le papillon et la fleur | | 1861 | 1869 |
| 1/2 | Mai | Hugo | ?1862 | 1871 |
| — | L’aube naît | Hugo | ?1862 | lost |
| — | Puisque j’ai mis ma lèvre | Hugo | 8 Dec 1862 | |
| 5/2 | Rêve d’amour (S’il est un charmant gazon) | Hugo | 5 May 1864 | 1875 |
| — | Tristesse d’Olympio | Hugo | c1865 | |
| 2/1 | Dans les ruines d’une abbaye | Hugo | c1866 | 1869 |
| 2/2 | Les matelots | | c1870 | 1876 |
| 4/2 | Lydia | | c1870 | 1871 |
| — | L’aurore | Hugo | c1870 | 1958 |
| 7/2 | Hymne | | ?1870 | 1871 |
| 3/1 | Seule! | Gautier | 1871 | 1871 |
| 5/3 | L’absent (Sentiers où l’herbe se balance) | Hugo | 3 April 1871 | 1879 |
| 8/2 | La rançon | Baudelaire | ?1871 | 1879 |
| 5/1 | Chant d’automne | Baudelaire | c1871 | 1879 |
| 4/1 | La chanson du pêcheur (Lamento) | Gautier | ?1872 | 1877 |
| 6/1 | Aubade | L. Pomey | c1873 | 1879 |
| 6/2 | Tristesse | Gautier | c1873 | 1876 |
| 10/1 | Puisqu'ici-bas toute âme (Duet) | Hugo | c1863-73 | |
| 10/2 | Tarantelle (Duet) | M.Monnier | c1873 | 1879 |
| 7/3 | Barcarolle | Monnier | 19 Oct 1873 | 1877 |
| 8/3 | Ici-bas! | | ?1874 | 1877 |
| 8/1 | Au bord de l’eau | Prudhomme | Aug 1875 | 1877 |
| 7/1 | Après un rêve (Levati sol que la luna è levata) | | 1877 | 1878 |
| 3/2 | Sérénade toscane (O tu che dormie riposata stai) | anon., trans. R. Bussine | ?1878 | 1879 |
| 6/3 | Sylvie | | 1878 | 1879 |
| 18/1 | Nell | Leconte de Lisle | 1878 | 1880 |
| 18/2 | Le voyageur | | ?1878 | 1880 |
| 18/3 | Automne | Silvestre | 1878 | 1880 |
| 21 | Poème d’un jour | | 1878 | 1880 |
| 23/1 | Les berceaux | Prudhomme | 1879 | 1881 |
| 23/2 | Notre amour | Silvestre | c1879 | 1882 |
| 23/3 | Le secret | Silvestre | 6 Jul 1881 | 1881 |
| 27/1 | Chanson d’amour | Silvestre | 1882 | 1882 |
| 27/2 | La fée aux chansons | Silvestre | 16 Sept 1882 | 1883 |
| 39/1 | Aurore | Silvestre | 20 May 1884 | 1885 |
| 39/2 | Fleur jetée | Silvestre | 25 May 1884 | 1885 |
| 39/3 | Le pays des rêves | Silvestre | 30 May 1884 | 1885 |
| 39/4 | Les roses d’Ispahan | Leconte de Lisle | 1884 | 1885 |
| 43/1 | Noël | V Wilder | 1885 | 1886 with piano and hmn, ad lib |
| 43/2 | Nocturne | Villiers de l’Isle Adam | 1886 | 1886 |
| 46/1 | Les présents | Villiers de l’Isle Adam | 1887 | 1888 |
| 46/2 | | | 1887 | 1888 |
| 51/1 | Larmes | J. Richepin | 1888 | 1888 |
| 51/2 | Au cimetière | Richepin | 1888 | 1888 |
| 51/3 | Spleen | Verlaine | 1888 | 1888 |
| 51/4 | La rose | Leconte de Lisle | Aug 1890 | 1890 |
| — | En prière | S. Bordèse | 1890 | 1890 |
| 58 | Cinq mélodies "de Venise" | Verlaine | 1891 | 1891 |
| posth. | Sérénade du Bourgeois gentilhomme | | 27 Feb 1893 | 1957 |
| 61 | La Bonne Chanson | Verlaine | Sept 1892–Feb 1894 | 1894 |
| 83/1 | Prison | Verlaine | 4 Dec 1894 | 1896 |
| 83/2 | Soir | A. Samain | 17 Dec 1894 | London and Paris, 1896 |
| 72 | Pleurs d'or (Duet) | Samain | 21 April 1896 | |
| 76/1 | Le parfum impérissable | Leconte de Lisle | 22 Aug 1897 | London and Paris, 1897 |
| 76/2 | Arpège | Samain | 6 Sept 1897 | London and Paris, 1897 |
| 85/1 | Dans la forêt de septembre | C. Mendès | 29 Sept 1902 | 1902 |
| 85/2 | La fleur qui va sur l’eau | Mendès | 13 Sept 1902 | 1902 |
| 85/3 | Accompagnement | Samain | 28 March 1902 | 1903 |
| 87/1 | Le Plus doux chemin (Madrigal) | Silvestre | 1904 | 1907 |
| 87/2 | Le ramier (Madrigal) | Silvestre | 1904 | Milan, 1904 |
| 92 | Le don silencieux | J. Dominique [M. Closset] | 20 Aug 1906 | 1906 |
| 94 | Chanson | H. de Régnier | 1906 | 1907 |
| — | Vocalise-Etude | no text | 1906 | 1907 |
| 95 | La chanson d'Ève | | 1906–10 | no.9 (1906), nos.1, 2 (1907), nos.3, 5 (1908), nos.6, 8 (1909), no.10 (1910)
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| 106 | Le jardin clos | van Lerberghe | July–Nov 1914 | 1915 |
| 113 | Mirages | Renée de Brimont | 1919 | 1919 |
| 114 | C’est la paix | G. Debladis | 8 Dec 1919 | 1920 |
| 118 | L'horizon chimérique | | 1921 | 1922 | |
Choral
Religious
- Super flumina Babylonis (1863)
- Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 (1865)
- Cantique à St Vincent de Paul, lost (1868)
- Ave Maria, Op. posth (1871)
- Cantique pour la Fête d’un supérieur, lost (c1872)
- Tu es Petrus (c. 1872)
- Benedictus (c. 1880) (first edition 1999)
- Messe basse (1882, rev. 1906)
- O salutaris, Op. 47/1 (1888)
- Maria Mater gratiae, Op. 47/2 (1888)
- Requiem, Op. 48 (1877, 1887–93)
- Ecce fidelis servus, Op. 54 (1889)
- Tantum ergo in A major, Op. 55 (?1890)
- Ave verum corpus, Op. 65/1 (1894)
- Tantum ergo in E major, Op. 65/2 (1894)
- Sancta mater (1894)
- Ave Maria in F major (?1894)
- Salve Regina, Op. 67/1 (1895)
- Ave Maria in A major, Op. 67/2 (1895)
- Tantum ergo in F major (1904)
- Ave Maria in B minor, Op. 93 (1906)
In collaboration with André Messager:
Secular
- Les djinns, Op. 12 (?1875)
- Le ruisseau, Op. 22 (?1881)
- La naissance de Vénus, Op. 29, libretto by Paul Collin (1882)
- Madrigal, Op. 35 (1883)
- Il est né le divin enfant (1888)
- Noël d’enfants (Les anges dans nos campagnes) (c1890)
- Hymne à Apollon, Op. 63bis (1894, rev. 1914)
- Pleurs d’or, Op. 72 (1896)
Orchestral
- Symphonic Suite, Op. 20 in F major (1865-74)
- Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 14 (unfinished) (1878-9)
- Ballade for piano and orchestra in F major, Op. 19 (arr. of original version for piano solo) (1881)
- Symphony in D minor, Op. 40 (destroyed, material re-used in Op. 108 and Op. 109) (1884)
- Pavane, Op. 50 (1887)
- Caligula, Op. 52 (1888)
- Shylock, Op. 57 (1890)
- Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 (1900)
- Le voile du bonheur, Op. 88
- Fantaisie for piano and orchestra, Op. 111 (1918)
- Masques et bergamasques, Op. 112 (1919)
Operas
- Prométhée, Op. 82 (Opera in three acts: Tragédie lyrique, fp. 1900)
- Pénélope (Opera in three acts: Poème lyrique, fp. 1913)
By opus number
- Op. 1 Two Songs
- Le papillon et la fleur
- Mai
- Op. 2 Two Songs
- Dans le ruines d'une abbaye
- Les matelots
- Op. 3 Two Songs
- Op. 4 Two Songs
- Chanson du pêcheur (lamento)
- Lydia
- Op. 5 Three Songs
- Chant d'automne
- Rêve d'amour
- L'absent
- Op. 6 Three Songs
- Op. 7 Three Songs (1870-8)
- Après un rêve
- Hymne
- Barcarolle
- Op. 8 Three Songs
- Au bord de l'eau
- La rançon
- Ici-bas
- Op. 9 Number was not allocated to a composition.[1]
- Op. 10 Two Duets
- Puisqu'ici-bas
- Tarantelle
- Op. 11 Cantique de Jean Racine (1865)
- Op. 12 Les djinns (1875?), for mixed chorus and piano or orchestra, after Hugo
- Op. 13 Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major (1875-6)
- Op. 14 Violin Concerto (1878-9), unfinished
- Op. 15 Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor (1876-9)
- Op. 16 Berceuse for piano and violin (1878-9), also for violin/cello and orchestra
- Op. 17 Romances sans paroles (1863)
- No. 1 Andante quasi allegretto
- No. 2 Allegro molto
- No. 3 Andante moderato
- Op. 18 Three Songs (1878)
- Op. 19 Ballade (1881), originally for piano solo, orchestral accompaniment later added
- Op. 20 Symphonic Suite in F (1865–74)
- Op. 21 Poème d'un jour, song cycle
- Op. 22 Le ruisseau, (1881?) for 2-part female chorus and piano
- Op. 23 Three Songs (1879)
- Les berceaux
- Notre amour
- Le secret
- Op. 24 Élégie for cello and piano (1883), orchestrated 1890
- Op. 25 Impromptu No. 1 in E-flat (1881)
- Op. 26 Barcarolle No. 1 in A minor (1881)
- Op. 27 2 Mélodies (1882)
- Chanson d'amour
- La fée aux chansons
- Op. 28 Romance for violin and piano (1877)
- Op. 29 La naissance de Vénus (1882)
- Op. 30 Valse-Caprice No. 1 in A (1882)
- Op. 31 Impromptu No. 2 in F minor (1883)
- Op. 32 Mazurka in B-flat (1875)
- Op. 33 Three Nocturnes
- No. 1 in E-flat minor (1875)
- No. 2 in B (1881)
- No. 3 in A-flat (1883)
- Op. 34 Impromptu No. 3 in A-flat (1883)
- Op. 35 Madrigal
- Op. 36 Nocturne No. 4 in E-flat (1884)
- Op. 37 Nocturne No. 5 in B-flat (1884)
- Op. 38 Valse-Caprice No. 2 in D-flat (1884)
- Op. 39 Four Songs (1884)
- Aurore
- Fleur jetée
- Le pays des rêves
- Les roses d'Ispahan
- Op. 40 Symphony in D minor (1884)
- Op. 41 Barcarolle No. 2 in G (1885)
- Op. 42 Barcarolle No. 3 in G-flat (1885)
- Op. 43 Two Songs (1885-6)
- Op. 44 Barcarolle No. 4 in A-flat (1886)
- Op. 45 Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor (1885-6)
- Op. 46 Two Songs (1887)
- Les présents
- Clair de lune
- Op. 47 No. 1 O Salutaris (1887)
- Op. 47 No. 2 Maria, Mater Gratiae (1887)
- Op. 48 Requiem in D minor (1877, rev. 1887–90, orch. 1899)
- Op. 49 Petite Pièce in G for cello and piano (c. 1888) now lost
- Op. 50 Pavane in F-sharp minor (1887)
- Op. 51 Four Songs (1888)
- Larmes
- Au cimetière
- Spleen
- La rose
- Op. 52 Caligula (1888)
- Op. 53 Number was not allocated to a composition.
- Op. 54 Ecce fidelis servus (1890), motet
- Op. 55 Tantum ergo (1890)
- Op. 56 Dolly Suite for piano four hands (1894-7), orch. Rabaud 1906
- Berceuse (1894)
- Mi-a-ou (1896)
- Le jardin de Dolly (1896)
- Kitty-valse (1896)
- Tendresse (1896)
- Le pas espagnol (1897)
- Op. 57 Shylock Suite (1889)
- Op. 58 Cinq mélodies "de Venise" (1891), song cycle after Verlaine
- Mandoline
- En sourdine
- Green
- À Clymène
- C'est l'extase
- Op. 59 Valse-Caprice No. 3 in G-flat (1887–93)
- Op. 60 Number was not allocated to a composition. However, "Opus 60" was used to refer to an early version of the piano quintet Op. 89. [2]
- Op. 61 La Bonne Chanson (1892–4), song cycle after Verlaine
- Une sainte en son auréole
- Puisque l'aube grandit
- La lune blanche luit dans les bois
- J'allais par des chemins perfides
- J'ai presque peur, en vérité
- Avant que tu ne t'en ailles
- Donc, ce sera par un clair jour d'été
- N'est-ce pas?
- L'hiver a cessé
- Op. 62 Valse-Caprice No. 4 in A-flat (1893-4)
- Op. 63 Nocturne No. 6 in D-flat (1894)
- Op. 63bis Hymne à Apollon (1894)
- Op. 64 Number was not allocated to a composition.
- Op. 65 No. 1 Ave verum corpus (1894)
- Op. 65 No. 2 Tantum ergo (1894)
- Op. 66 Barcarolle No. 5 in F-sharp minor (1894)
- Op. 67 No. 1 Salve Regina (1894-5)
- Op. 67 No. 2 Ave Maria (1894-5)
- Op. 68 Allegro symphonique (1895), arr. for piano 4 hands from 1st movement of Symphonic Suite, Op. 20
- Op. 69 Romance in A for cello and piano (1894)
- Op. 70 Barcarolle No. 6 in E-flat (1895)
- Op. 72 Pleurs d’or
- Op. 73 Theme and Variations for piano (1895), orch. Inghelbrecht 1955
- Theme
- Variation I L'istesso tempo
- Variation II Piu mosso
- Variation III Un poco piu mosso
- Variation IV L'istesso tempo
- Variation V Un poco piu mosso
- Variation VI Molto adagio
- Variation VII Allegro moderato
- Variation VIII Andante molto moderato
- Variation IX Quasi adagio
- Variation X Allegro vivo
- Variation XI Andante molto, moderato espressivo
- Op. 74 Nocturne No. 7 in C-sharp minor (1898)
- Op. 75 Andante for violin and piano (1897)
- Op. 76 Two Songs (1897)
- Le parfum impérissable
- Arpège
- Op. 77 Papillon for cello and piano (1884), also for string quintet or violin and piano
- Op. 78 Sicilienne for cello and piano, (1898)
- Op. 79 Fantaisie for flute and piano, (1898), orch. Aubuert (1957)
- Op. 80 Pelléas et Mélisande (1898)
- Op. 82 Prométhée (1900)
- Op. 83 Two Songs (1894)
- Op. 84 Huit pièces brèves (1869–1902)
- No. 1 Capriccio in E-flat major
- No. 2 Fantaisie in A-flat major
- No. 3 Fugue in A minor
- No. 4 Adagietto in E minor
- No. 5 Improvisation in C-sharp minor
- No. 6 Fugue in E minor
- No. 7 Allegresse in C major
- No. 8 Nocturne No. 8 in D-flat major (1898–1902)
- Op. 85 Trois mélodies (1902)
- Dans la forêt de septembre
- La fleur qui va sur l'eau
- Accompagnement
- Op. 86 Impromptu for harp (1904) (piano arrangement is Op.86 bis, 'Impromptu No. 6' in D-flat)
- Op. 87 Two Songs (1904)
- Op. 88 Le voile du bonheur (1901), after Clemenceau
- Op. 89 Piano Quintet No. 1 in D minor (1890-4, rev. 1903–5)
- Op. 90 Barcarolle No. 7 in D minor (1905)
- Op. 91 Impromptu No. 4 in D-flat (1905)
- Op. 92 Le don silencieux (1906)
- Op. 93 Ave Maria for two sopranos and organ (1906)
- Op. 94 Chanson (1906)
- Op. 95 La chanson d'Ève (1906–10), song cycle after van Lerberghe
- Paradis
- Prima verba
- Roses ardentes
- Comme Dieu rayonne
- L'aube blanche
- Eau vivante
- Veilles-tu, ma senteur de soleil?
- Dans un parfum de roses blanches
- Crépuscule
- O mort, poussière d'étoiles
- Op. 96 Barcarolle No. 8 in D-flat (1906)
- Op. 97 Nocturne No. 9 in B minor (1908)
- Op. 98 Sérénade for cello and piano (1908)
- Op. 99 Nocturne No. 10 in E minor (1908)
- Op. 100 Number was not allocated to a composition.
- Op. 101 Barcarolle No. 9 in A minor (1908-9)
- Op. 102 Impromptu No. 5 in F-sharp minor (1909)
- Op. 103 Nine Préludes (1909–10)
- No. 1 in D-flat major
- No. 2 in C-sharp minor
- No. 3 in G minor
- No. 4 in F major
- No. 5 in D minor
- No. 6 in E-flat minor
- No. 7 in A major
- No. 8 in C minor
- No. 9 in E minor
- Op. 104 No. 1 Nocturne No. 11 in F-sharp minor (1913)
- Op. 104 No. 2 Barcarolle No. 10 in A minor (1913)
- Op. 105 Barcarolle No. 11 in G minor(1913-5)
- Op. 106 Le jardin clos (1914), song cycle after van Lerberghe
- Exaucement
- Quand tu plonges tes yeux dans mes yeux
- La messagère
- Je me poserai sur ton coeur
- Dans la nymphée
- Dans la pénombre
- Il m'est cher, amour, le bandeau
- Inscription sur le sable
- Op. 106bis Barcarolle No. 12 in E-flat (1913-5)
- Op. 107 Nocturne No. 12 in E minor (1915)
- Op. 108 Violin Sonata No. 2 in E minor (1916-7)
- Op. 109 Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor (1917)
- Op. 110 Une châtelaine en sa tour (1918) for harp, arr. Durand for piano
- Op. 111 Fantaisie for piano and orchestra (1918)
- Op. 112 Masques et bergamasques
- Op. 113 Mirages (1919), song cycle after de Brimont
- Cygne sur l'eau
- Reflets dans l'eau
- Jardin nocturne
- Danseuse
- Op. 114 C'est la paix! (1919)
- Op. 115 Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor (1919–21)
- Op. 116 Barcarolle No. 13 in C (1921)
- Op. 117 Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor (1921)
- Op. 118 L'horizon chimérique (1921), song cycle after de La Ville de Mirmont
- La mer est infinie
- Je me suis embarqué
- Diane, Séléné
- Vaisseaux, nous vous aurons aimés
- Op. 119 Nocturne No. 13 in B minor (1921)
- Op. 120 Piano Trio in D minor (1922-3)
- Op. 121 String Quartet in E minor (1923-4)
Notes and References
- Nectoux, Jean-Michel (translated by Roger Nichols). Gabriel Fauré: A Musical Life. Cambridge University Press, 1991, p.525.
- Pott, Francis. "Faure:Piano Quintets". 1995.http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/al.asp?al=CDA66766 Sleeve notes, p.3.
